We'll be straight: New Jersey isn't a market we track closely enough to call the week-to-week trend, so a local agent who lives in that data is your best source. What we can give you is the framing. The broader Northeast has generally run on tight inventory, which keeps conditions competitive even when overall transaction volume is low. Those two things coexist: few homes trading hands, while the good listings still draw multiple offers and sell quickly. When rates run elevated, activity cools from its peak without necessarily returning to a normal pace, because the underlying supply shortage doesn't fix itself quickly. Seasonality is the piece people underrate. Late fall and the holidays are naturally the quietest stretch of the year in most markets, ours included, so low volume in that window can be the calendar as much as the market. Buyer interest usually hasn't vanished during that stretch. It has cooled and is waiting on the spring pickup. So rather than reading low volume as weakness, separate the three drivers for your specific town: supply, rates, and season. A good South Jersey agent can tell you which one is actually moving the needle right now.